Synopsis: The Pirate, The Prince and the Courtesan's Daughter

Her father's the spymaster for the Duke, her brother is in training for a royal coup, her mother was the king's favoured courtesan (and probably fed him the poison that killed him, truth be told) and her best friend is considering eloping with the fiercest pirate on the Thirteen Seas. What's a girl to do? Aurelia's choice is to sabotage the greatest invention in the City's history by stealing the main component, thereby throwing herself and those around her into a danger deeper than she had ever thought possible. Be prepared for airships, dramatic plunges off cliffs, the Castoneronian Dance of the Seven Knives (with one participant in drag), clockwork robots, barrels of gunpowder perilously close to large naked flames, a ninja dragon, a half-metal princess, a changeling baby, a horticulturist with a death wish, several character deaths and a dog called Mouse.